Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People

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Contents Preface to the Third Edition 55 Proem 61 BOOK THE CHILDREN OF THE GHETTO 1. II. III. IV V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. m e Bread or Airnction The Sweater Malka The Redemption of the Son and the Daughter The Pauper Alien "Reb" Shemuel The Neo-Hebrew Poet Esther and Her Children Dutch Debby A Silent Family The Purim Ball The Sons of the Covenant Sugarman's Bar-mitzvah Party 73 79 94 108 121 130 137 148 160 166 171 182 192 57 CONTENTS XIV. The Hope of the Family 201 XV. The Holy Land League 212 XVI. The Courtship of Shosshi Shmendrik 224 XVII. The Hyams's Honeymoon 237 XVIII. The Hebrew's Friday Night 247 XIX. With the Strikers 258 XX. The Hope Extinct 269 XXI. The Jargon Players 277 XXII. "For Auld Lang Syne, My Dear" 282 XXIII. The Dead Monkey 289 XXIV. The Shadow of Religion 296 XXV. Seder Night 306 BOOK THE GRANDCHILDREN OF THE GHETTO I. The Christmas Dinner 323 II. Raphael Leon 338 III. "TheFlagofJudah" 353 IV. The Troubles of an Editor 366 V. A Woman's Growth 376 VI. Comedy or Tragedy? 384 58 CONTENTS VII. What the Years Brought 402 VIII. The Ends of a Generation 409 IX. The "Flag" Flutters 412 X. Esther Defies the Universe 420 XI. Going Home 430 XII. A Sheaf of Sequels 438 XIII. The Dead Monkey Again 456 XIV. Sidney Settles Down 462 XV. From Soul to Soul 468 XVI. Love's Temptation 482 XVII. The Prodigal Son 492 XVIII. Hopes and Dreams 497 Glossary 503 59 ...